I understand that a lot of people have different views about him, but I think that he has such an interesting sense of fashion, and I'm not being biased due to the fact that I do find him attractive, because I think that if I did not, I would admit that his style is still appealing.

Manson claimed in a 2004 interview with i-D magazine to have begun his career as a watercolor painter in 1999 when he made five-minute concept pieces and sold them to drug dealers. On September 13-14, 2002, his first show, The Golden Age of Grotesque, was held at the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Centre. Art in America's Max Henry likened them to the works of a "psychiatric patient given materials to use as therapy" and said his work would never be taken seriously in a fine-art context, writing that the value was "in their celebrity, not the work".[33] On September 14-15, 2004, Manson held a second exhibition on the first night in Paris and the second in Berlin. The show was named ‘Trismegistus’ which was also the title of the center piece of the exhibit – a large, three-headed Christ painted onto an antique wood panel from a portable embalmers table.
Manson named his self-proclaimed art movementCelebritarian Corporation. He has coined a slogan for the movement: “We will sell our shadow to those who stand within it.” In 2005 he said that the Celebritarian Corporation has been "incubating for seven years" which if correct would indicate that Celebritarian Corporation, in some form, started in 1998.[34]
Celebritarian Corporation is also the namesake of an art gallery owned by Manson, called the Celebritarian Corporation Gallery of Fine Art in Los Angeles for which his third exhibition was the inaugural show. From April 2-17, 2007, his recent works were on show at the Space 39 Modern & Contemporary in Florida. 40 pieces from this show traveled to Germany's Gallery Brigitte Schenk in Cologne to be publicly exhibited from June 28 - July 28, 2007. Manson was refused admittance to Kölner Dom (Cologne Cathedral), when he was in the city to attend the opening night. This was, according to Manson, due to his makeup. Other sources gave different reasons, however.[35]

Personal life

Manson made an appearance in the video game Area 51 as Edgar, a Grey Alien. His song "Cruci-Fiction In Space" is featured in a commercial for a video game, The Darkness. His likeness is also featured on the Celebrity Deathmatch video game for which he recorded a song for the soundtrack (2003). The song "Use your fist and not your mouth" was the credits score of the game Cold Fear as well as Spawn: Armageddon. Also launched, "Mansinthe," his own brand of Swiss made absinthe, which has received mixed reviews ranging from critics who compared the drink's odor to sewage water and described the taste as being "as bad as piss"[36] to coming second to Versinthe in an Absinthe top 5[37] and winning a Gold medal at the 2008 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.[38] prior to his relationship with Dita Von Teese, he was in a relationship with Michele Greenberg.[39] He then was engaged to actress Rose McGowan. In 2007, attention was brought to Manson's love life again when a relationship with actress Evan Rachel Wood was made public.[40] After media comments from Manson that he wears his signature black leather pants 24/7,[41]animal rights group PETA added Manson to PETA’s, ‘Worst-Dressed Celebrities of 2008’.[42]

On December 30, 2006 Von Teese filed for divorce due to "irreconcilable differences."[44] ET.com and People claimed that Manson was having an extramarital affair with then 19-year-old actress Evan Rachel Wood, who is to co-star in his horror film Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll, and features in the video for his 2007 single, "Heart-Shaped Glasses."[45][46] The relationship was confirmed by Von Teese in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, "I get the impression he thinks I was unsupportive, but the truth is I wasn't supportive of his lifestyle, and someone else came along who was."[47] Manson's alcohol abuse and distant behavior were also cited as cause for the split.[48] He is reportedly fighting for custody of the couple's three cats.[49] A judgement of divorce was entered in Los Angeles Superior Court on December 27, 2007.[50]

Lawsuits

In 1997, former guitarist and songwriter Scott Putesky, "Daisy Berkowitz," filed suit against Manson seeking unpaid royalties for his contributions to the band's output up to that period, including the recently released Antichrist Superstar. The case was concluded in 1998, although the outcome was confidential.

In a civil battery suit, David Diaz, a security officer from a concert in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 27, 2000, sued for $75,000 in a Minneapolis federal court.[51][52] The federal court jury found in Manson's favor.[53]

On April 3, 2002, Maria St. John filed in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing Manson of providing her adult daughter, Jennifer Syme, with cocaine and instructing her to drive while under the influence.[58]

On August 2, 2007, former band member Stephen "Pogo/Madonna Wayne Gacy" Bier filed a lawsuit against Manson for unpaid "partnership proceeds," seeking $20 million in back pay. Several details from the lawsuit leaked to the press.[59][60] In November 2007, additional papers were filed saying that Manson purchased a child's skeleton and masks made of human skin. He also allegedly bought stuffed animals, such as a grizzly bear and two baboons and a collection of Nazi memorabilia.[61] In December 2007, Manson countersued, claiming that Bier failed to fulfill his duties as a bandmember to play for recordings and to promote the band.[62]

i love marilyn manson...he is also such a smart man as well as an original musician..his style is just so out there that it works for him without making him look like an idiot because he has the sense to back it up.

i love marilyn manson...he is also such a smart man as well as an original musician..his style is just so out there that it works for him without making him look like an idiot because he has the sense to back it up.

Evan Rachel Wood wants her boyfriend Marilyn Manson to duet with Britney Spears.
The 'Wrestler' actress - who recently rekindled her romance with the goth rocker following a brief split - believes music fans would love to see the two stars get together for an unlikely collaboration.
She said: 'I want him to sing with her. I think that'd be great. I totally want to see Marilyn Manson and Britney Spears. Who doesn't want to see Marilyn Manson and Britney Spears sing onstage together?'
Evan, 21, got the idea after Britney performed a sexy dance to Marilyn's cover of the Eurythmics hit 'Sweet Dreams' on her current 'Circus' tour.
The glamorous redhead has even approached her 40-year-old beau about a possible duet and revealed he was equally as enthusiastic about the idea.
Evan explained to MTV: 'We have the same sense of humour.
'Maybe Britney and Marilyn could do a mash-up or something. I think somebody has got to get on that.'